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Press Assistant(Job Number: 1300269)
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Position Summary
Provides support for the press operators and the pressroom supervisors in the operation of the pressroom. Makes timely delivery of all raw materials and supplies needed at the presses. Delivers printed product to the appropriate staging area. Keeps the pressroom neat, clean and organized. Utilizes experience to improve operations and service to Scantron customers.

Key Duties / Responsibilities
- Essential duties are identified by asterisks.
General Duties
Expectation: To provide materials for the presses and assist the press operators in a manner that maximizes the efficiency of the pressroom.
1. Controls paper inventory and identification on the pressroom floor.
2. Opens all rolls of paper and delivers them so there is no lost press time waiting for paper.
3. Notifies supervisor of unacceptable roll damage and completes required paperwork accurately.
4. Ensures that splicers are loaded and missed or faulty splices cause no downtime.
5. Covers (including "Topping" if required) and moves skids of printed product to the correct staging area.
6. Ensures that there is no lost press time by making timely delivery and return of all supplies, including ink, packaging materials, rags, skids, roll tubes and chemicals to and from the press.
7. Make plates on a limited basis when there is no platemaker scheduled.
8. Turns and moves 35" paper roll without damaging them.
9. Keeps the pressroom, its equipment and supplies neat, clean and organized.
10. Participates in improvement teams to improve processes and lower operating costs and improve service to customers.
11. Understands the basic ISO 9001 concept and support actions and solutions to quality issues within the ISO framework.
12. Operates fork and clamp trucks on a limited basis when needed.
13. Empties trashcans in an assigned area.
B. Support
1. Removes scrap paper and used plates to the appropriate waste recovery areas.
2. Removes and empties waste ink into waste ink drum and crushes the empty cans for disposal. Keeps the waste ink area clean and organized.
3. Removes dirty rags from safety cans, bags them for pick-up.
4. Assists press operators with wash-ups.
5. Boxes or stacks printed forms.
6. Cleans numbering and litho machines.
7. Cleans tanks, trays, spray bars and conventional dampener rollers during weekend wash-ups.
8. Trains new press assistants.
C. Performs other duties assigned by supervisor.
D. Completes all records and paper roll identification accurately for production records.

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. to include its subsidiary and affiliated companies (Harland Clarke, Scantron, Checks in the Mail, SubscriberMail) is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or disability (physical or mental), Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, and other factors protected by state and local laws.
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